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Ordinance 13885
Legislation
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 6561 Final Action Date: 12/12/2019
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
2/ARTICLE II/SECTION 2-32 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION/TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING," TO CLARIFY WHEN
PLANNING AND ZONING ITEMS MAY BE ADDRESSED BY THE CITY
COMMISSION; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Ken Russell
WHEREAS, there are many planning and zoning items that are time sensitive which
need to be addressed by the City Commission; and
WHEREAS, delays in addressing certain time sensitive planning and zoning items may
have detrimental effects including a waste of economic and land resources, discourage sound
capital improvement planning and financing, escalate the cost of housing and development, and
discourage commitment to comprehensive planning; and
WHEREAS, better certainty for planning and zoning items strengthens the public
planning process, encourages sound capital improvement planning and financing, assist in
assuring there are adequate capital facilities for development, encourages private participation
in comprehensive planning, and reduces the economic costs of development;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance are
adopted and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Chapter 2/Article II of the City Code, titled "Administration/Mayor and City
Commission," is amended in the following particulars:1
"CHAPTER 2
ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE II. MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
1 Words and/or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored words and/or figures shall be
added. The remaining provisions are now in effect and remain unchanged. Asterisks indicate omitted and
unchanged material.
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Sec. 2-32. - Time and place of meeting.
(a) City hall, located at 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida, is hereby designated
as the meeting place for the city commission. All meetings of the city commission
shall be held on the first floor of city hall. The city commission may designate
alternate meeting places and times from time to time as may appear appropriate by
resolution. Such resolution shall specify the date, time, and place and shall be limited
to one city commission meeting per resolution. The date so specified shall be not
sooner than 30 days subsequent to the effective date of the resolution.
(b) Regular meetings of the city commission shall be held on the second and fourth
Thursdays of each month beginning at 9:00 a.m. except the months of August,
November, and December and unless otherwise provided by city commission action.
Regular meetings of the city commission shall convene promptly at 9:00 a.m. At the
first meeting of the month, matters to be considered by the city commission shall be
limited to thosc ma4tcr - not arising from or i inner the pro„isions of Miami 21 as
amcndcd, the zoning ordinancc for the city. At the second monthly meeting, matters
to be considered shall be generally limited to those matters arising from or under the
commission until after 2:00 p.m. F6irther all public hearings on land i ise ordinances
including those involving ten acres or more, may be held before 5:00 p.m. unless the
During the month of November, the regular meeting shall be held on the third
Thursday at 9:00 a.m. and matters arising from or under the provisions of Miami 21,
as amcndcd, shall be heard after 2:00 p.m. on the third Thursday. During the month
of December, the regular meeting shall be held on the second Thursday at 9:00 a.m.
and mattes sing from or i ender prove Ts of Miami 21 as amended shall be
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heard after 2:00 p.m. on the second Thursday. Proposed ordinances changing the
actual list of permitted, conditional, or prohibited uses within a zoning category or
changes to the Zoning Atlas of the Miami 21 Code involving parcels of ten (10)
contiguous acres or more shall be held after 5:00 p.m. at any City Commission
meeting and pursuant to the provisions of Section 166.041(3)(c)(2), Florida Statutes,
as amended. The city commission shall be in recess during the month of August.
(c) The city commission may, by resolution, designate a substitute day or time upon
which regular city commission meetings shall be held whenever, in the opinion of a
majority of the members of the city commission, there is good cause for such
substitution.
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Section 4. If any section, part of a section, paragraph, clause, phrase, or word of this
Ordinance is declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected.
Section 5. The City Manager is directed to modify any administrative policies including
but not limited to APM 2-77 to be consistent with this Ordinance.
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Section 6. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final reading and
adoption thereof.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, ity ttor ey 11/12/2019
2 This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within ten (10)
days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Ordinance, it shall become
effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission or upon the effective date stated
herein, whichever is later.
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